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Newspaper
Greencastle Herald
Location
Greencastle, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1915
Page
1
County commissioners submit proposals to the city council urging that the courthouse toilet be kept open at night. Council discusses the matter amid opposition and questions city cost share.
Greencastle officials clash over funding to keep the county court house toilets open until 9 pm. A committee will meet with county commissioners to discuss lattice gates and staffing costs, while city tax payers resist covering county expenses.
A Greencastle woman walking on Indiana street stepped in front of Pat Homer Daly’s eastbound traction car. Daly applied emergency brakes and stopped in time, averting serious injury or death as the woman exclaimed she did not see the car. The woman’s identity was not determined.
Telegram received late Tuesday night from a man who has been missing since Friday January 8 states that he will be home in a few days.
Theodore Harris, brother in law of Ed Warner, says a telegram from Warner reached Greencastle saying he is in Houston and will return in a few days. Family and friends feel relieved though the telegram gives no explanation for his disappearance on Friday January 8.
C C Trueb of Terre Haute with Vandalia agents and other railroad men circulate a petition among Greencastle businessmen to urge the Legislature to raise passenger rates from 2 to 2 1/2 cents a mile. The move follows a Greencastle meeting where local clubs declined to sign as organizations but urged individual signatures. Railroad men report quick progress in obtaining signers.
DePauw University athletic board decides to secure a star from All-American ranks to take place of the Michigan man whose second year's work was not satisfactory.
DePauw University announces that Thomas A. Bogle will not be retained as coach for next season. The alumni athletic board cites unsatisfactory results despite the team’s apparent success and will seek a successor from several under consideration. Names of candidates are withheld.
The jury returned a verdict for the defendant in the case of William Sillery, a local barber, against Mrs Serilda Huff Man for $2,000 in injuries. The decision reached at 10 o'clock Tuesday night.
After hours of deliberation the jury delivered a verdict in favor of Mrs. Serilda Huffman. William Sillery claimed a broken limb from ice on sidewalks in front of Huffman's house, alleging defective concrete caused his fall. Initial votes showed a deadlock before nine to three shifted to a unanimous verdict for Huffman.
A Putnam County farmer Dan S. Dunlop of Indiana writes to the Indianapolis Star urging ex president William Howard Taft to debate political questions. He seeks Taft explanations and proposes a debate in the Indianapolis legislative chamber with Addison Harris and Charles W. Fairbanks among others present to answer questions about Republican beliefs.
Oral Myers of Carpentersville sues Mort Rissler for 250 damages after a mule team in the Progressive auto parade caused a mule injury. Rissler denies responsibility, saying the mule backed into the machine and kicked. Attorneys Allee represent Rissler. McGaughey and Hays represent Myers.
The Terre Haute Heavy Hardware company files suit in Putnam Circuit Court seeking $169.66 on an alleged unpaid account. Jackson Boyd represents the plaintiff as attorney.
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